they fought and died
217 popes have been born in Italy.
196 popes have come from Italy.
The vast majority of popes have been Italian. As of February of 2013 there have been only 18 popes from other countries.
There have been 217 Italian popes and only 49 non-Italian popes.
Italy and France have provided the most popes.
Only one in any given time. A pope is only replaced when he dies.
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they affected Italy by - ambitious German emperors sought out to master Italy. as they did , they came into conflicts with popes and the with wealthy towns of northern Italy - which then revolved into raging battles between them.
They had to face the popes and the wealthy people of italy
They had to face the popes and the wealthy people of italy
The Medici family produced four popes.
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